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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1998
Page
6
Ottawa Airport Nets Two Federal Grants in Kansas List
Ottawa Municipal Airport receives 104,800 in federal grants as part of 3.7 million statewide aid to nine Kansas airports. A 37,800 DOT grant funds an updated master plan while a 67,000 grant covers sealing the airport apron after recent runway repaving. Other grant recipients include Forbes Field Philip Billard Topeka Newton Goodland Larned Liberal and Pratt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa Municipal
Kansas
Pat Roberts
Ottawa
U.S. Department of Transportation
Wichita
Forbes Field
Philip Billard
Topeka
Newton
Goodland
Larned
Liberal
Pratt
Farmland acts to stabilize hog prices with $15 base
Farmland Industries will pay a base price of 15 per hundredweight for hogs meeting specs to farmers who sold to the cooperative between September 1, 1997 and December 19, 1998. Hog prices have sunk to four decades lows, with recent market quotes cited at 10 to 14 per cwt. Gary Evans, Farmland Meats Group executive, said the move aims to curb losses until hog backlog moves through processing facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City, Mo
Farmland Industries
Kansas City
Gary Evans
Farmland Meats Group
Drug tied KC murders drive yearlong rise in homicides
Kansas City police report 128 homicides this year, 19 in November and 18 by mid-December, with about half drug related and 80 percent of victims having criminal records. Deputy Chief Dennis R. Shreve notes rising fear but says numbers do not show a single pattern or gang link.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Board of Police Commissioners
Dennis R. Shreve
Olathean eyes GOP help in state chair race
Gov. Bill Graves backs former state Sen. Mark Parkinson of Olathe to lead the Kansas GOP at next month’s reorganizational meeting. Parkinson, a moderate, would replace conservative Steve Abrams of Arkansas City with Graves’s support aiding unity between factions. Senate President Dick Bond praised Parkinson as a peacemaker and noted the strong chance of reducing party hostility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Bill Graves
Mark Parkinson
Olathe
GOP
Parkinson
Steve Abrams
Arkansas City
Senate
Dick Bond
Graves
Bond
Ottawa Herald Skips Friday Issue for December 25
The Ottawa Herald will not publish on Friday December 25 and will instead publish a combined edition on Saturday December 26. Subscribers are advised to note the change in the holiday schedule and expect delivery adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gttawa Herald
Old Depot project nears completion at Franklin County depot
The former Santa Fe depot is under renovation by the Franklin County Historical Society with electricians painters and tuck pointers on site. The museum aims to reopen in May though interstate signs already advertise a Tecumseh address. Charles Gillette says electrical work heating and cooling and an elevator are done and the roof will be coated when warm weather returns. After construction the depot will need additional finishing funded by a federal grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Fe
W. Tecumseh
Kansas Department of Transportation
Charles Gillette
Franklin County Historical Society
Gillette
Octuplets born in Texas face long stay in hospital
Eight newborns at Texas Children’s Hospital remain in critical condition with confined needs. Baby E, weighing 10.3 ounces, has a heart abnormality treated with drugs while the others show no similar issue. Survival chances vary by birth weight, with Baby E at 20 to 65 percent and siblings at about 85 percent. Mother Nkem Chukwu, 27, is in good spirits and may go home soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baby
Tim Bricker
Texas Children’s Heart Center
Nkem Chukwu
Brian Kirshen
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
Kansas GOP senators weigh impeachment trial over Clinton
Kansas Republican Senators Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts reserve judgment on impeachment versus censure as they prepare to serve as jurors in Clinton's trial. The Senate will decide on two articles alleging perjury and obstruction of justice as Democrats urge censure and polls show mixed public support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Clinton
Sam Brownback
Pat Roberts
Senate
Brownback
Constitution
Roberts
Clinton pushes plan to expand homeless aid nationwide
President Clinton outlined a fiscal 2000 budget with a 15 percent rise in homeless assistance and $1.125 billion in related funds. He announced $850 million in grants to help at least 330,000 people find housing and services, spotlighting programs during a Baltimore Boys and Girls Club visit. The White House said the package would be the largest homeless appropriation if enacted, with grants supporting job training, child care, drug treatment, and mental health services across 46 states, Puerto Rico, and D C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altimore
Clinton
Baltimore
Pleasant View
White House
Congress
Puerto Rico
District of Columbia
Joe Lockhart
Andrew Cuomo
Bil Nh
Lockhart
Jane
Udtuatt
Hilton Head
Revie
St. Nicholas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Airport
Olathean
Suiday Federal
District Court
Ottawa Post
Ottawa Library
Allegro Pharmacy
Old Depot Project
Ron Bishop
Leonard Weisman
Harrison
Ohio
Gene Moore
Ate
Erik Hotmire
Sen. Brownback
Hotmire
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